The Gulf War Did Not Take Place

The Gulf War Did Not Take Place
Author: Jean Baudrillard
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780253210036

In a provocative analysis written during the unfolding drama of 1992, Baudrillard draws on his concepts of simulation and the hyperreal to argue that the Gulf War did not take place but was a carefully scripted media event--a "virtual" war. Patton's introduction argues that Baudrillard, more than any other critic of the Gulf War, correctly identified the stakes involved in the gestation of the New World Order.

The Gulf War Did Not Happen

The Gulf War Did Not Happen
Author: Jeffrey Walsh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1995
Genre: Persian Gulf War, 1991
ISBN: 9781857422863

This is an interdisciplinary collection of essays which studies the complex relationship between the historical Gulf war of 1990-1991, and those myths, narratives and images commonly drawn on to explain it. A linking theme through the volume is the shadow of Vietnam, how the Gulf war was perhaps the culminating event in what has come to be known as the Vietnam syndrome.

The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War

The Future of Air Power in the Aftermath of the Gulf War
Author: Robert L. Pfaltzgraff
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 387
Release: 1992
Genre: Air power
ISBN: 1428992812

This collection of essays reflects the proceedings of a 1991 conference on "The United States Air Force: Aerospace Challenges and Missions in the 1990s," sponsored by the USAF and Tufts University. The 20 contributors comment on the pivotal role of airpower in the war with Iraq and address issues and choices facing the USAF, such as the factors that are reshaping strategies and missions, the future role and structure of airpower as an element of US power projection, and the aerospace industry's views on what the Air Force of the future will set as its acquisition priorities and strategies. The authors agree that aerospace forces will be an essential and formidable tool in US security policies into the next century. The contributors include academics, high-level military leaders, government officials, journalists, and top executives from aerospace and defense contractors.

The Economic Consequences of the Gulf War

The Economic Consequences of the Gulf War
Author: Kamran Mofid
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2005-10-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1134939655

The Iran-Iraq War were one of the longest and most devastating uninterrupted wars amongst modern nation states. It produced neither victor nor vanquished and left the regimes in both countries basically intact. However, it is clear that the domestic, regional and international repercussions of the war mean that 'going back' is not an option. Iraq owes too much to regain the lead it formerly held in economic performance and development levels. What then does reconstruction mean? In this book, Kamran Mofid counteracts the scant analysis to date of the economic consequences of the Gulf War by analysing its impact on both economies in terms of oil production, exports, foreign exchange earnings, non-defence foreign trade and agricultural performance. In the final section, Mofid brings together the component parts of the economic cost of the war to assign a dollar value to the devastation.

Uncritical Theory

Uncritical Theory
Author: Christopher Norris
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1992
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"It is in response to Baudrillard and other proponents of the so-called postmodern condition that Christopher Norris has written this extended essay.

Into the Desert

Into the Desert
Author: Ryan C. Crocker
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2013
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199796289

This book examines the war's origins, the war itself, its impact within the Arab world, and its long-term impact on military affairs and international relations.

War in the Persian Gulf

War in the Persian Gulf
Author: Richard Winship Stewart
Publisher: Government Printing Office
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2010
Genre: Government publications
ISBN: 9780160858673

Twenty years ago, the Persian Gulf War captured the attention of the world as the first test of the U.S. Army since the Vietnam War and the first large-scale armor engagement since World War II. Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait and his subsequent ouster by the U.S.-led coalition are keys to understanding today's situation in the Middle East. The coalition partnerships cemented in that initial operation and in the regional peacekeeping operations that followed provided the basis for a growing series of multinational efforts that have characterized the post-Cold War environment. Moreover, the growing interoperability of U.S. air, sea, and land forces coupled with the extensive employment of more sophisticated weapons first showcased in Desert Storm have become the hallmark of American military operations and the standard that other nations strive to meet.

The Gulf War 1991

The Gulf War 1991
Author: Alastair Finlan
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2014-06-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1472810198

The Gulf War of 1991 heralded a new type of warfare that was characterised by astonishing speed and high technology with remarkably low numbers of casualties amongst the coalition forces. Just under a million coalition personnel were deployed to the Gulf region to face a variety of threats from extreme temperatures to weapons of mass destruction (biological, chemical and suspected nuclear) and a formidable Iraqi occupation force. This book assesses the defensive Operation Desert Shield (the build up of coalition forces) and the offensive Operation Desert Storm (the liberation of Kuwait) as well as the key personalities on both sides.